Prep track notes: Honor roll, April 1-6

 John Lawson cracked the magical nine minute barrier in the 3,200 meters Saturday at the Arcadia Invitational, finishing second in 8:58.19, and becoming only the third Marin County runner ever to do so. He joins some elite company as only legendary local runners, Drake assistant coach Rod Berry (8:50) and Novato grad Erik Olson (8:55), currently running at Stanford, have ever run faster at the distance. Lawson's teammate and running partner Clayton Hutchins also shattered his personal record when he finished in 9:17. Branson's Julia Maxwell finished 12th in the girls 3,200 at Arcadia in 10:40.19.

 The only MCAL action last week had Marin Catholic at San Marin on Thursday and there were a few nice marks posted. San Marin's Brian Ho won both the long jump (19 feet) and the triple jump (39-5). Ho's triple jump mark was a personal record and moves him up to fifth on the MCAL season-best list. Other noteworthy San Marin efforts were turned in by Paul Shin, who won the 400 meters (55.8) and the 300 hurdles (43.5) and sprinter Jason Shannon, who captured the 100 (11.7) and the 200 (23.9). Marin Catholic's Graham Gunnar ruled the weight events with a win in the shot put (41-10) and a season-best winning mark of 121-04 in the discus throw.

 On the girls side at San Marin last week, Marin Catholic sophomore Jordan Allen turned an amazing four-win set when she captured the 400 (1:05.3), the 800 (2:36), the 1,600 (5:46) and the 3,200 (12:40) all in a matter of about three hours. San Marin's Jenna Sudlow moved into a tie for third in the MCAL when she won the high jump with a leap of five feet. Teammate Ariel Dunbar, already the owner of the second fastest 100 in the league so far, won the 100 (12.94) and the 200 (26.5).

 In San Francisco at the Big Cats Invitational at Kezar, Branson's Audrey Hector improved her personal record with a second-place finish in the shot put (30-2½), the second best mark in the MCAL this season.